Wannabe Cook

So...I rarely cook, sometimes I bake, sometimes...

but, Mike does the cooking at our house because he is a great cook!

Thanks to Pinterest (Please tell me you know about this... if not ask, you should... it's SO fun), I have actually kinda wanted to cook lately! This weekend I tried two recipes and thought I'd share...

You should try them too! :)

Bruschetta Chicken Bake

I actually made this one TWICE this weekend. Once on Friday for Mike and again on Sunday for my family! It was a hit! Funny Story... my cute brother Chase came down stairs to eat dinner on Sunday and started picking at the casserole (he is a picky eater and I was wondering if he'd even eat it)...mostly at the tomatoes.. and then finally says, "Ewe, what is this broccoli?" "Why did u put broccoli in this"... Ha, He is color blind and couldn't tell what the tomatoes were... Ha, we laughed! Here is the link to the recipe! Enjoy!

Chewy Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies

If you know me... you know I LOVE sugar cookies and these just sounded too good not to try! I loved them... but, if I was gonna make them again I would add more coconut than the RECIPE calls for. (click link if you want to try them too). ENJOY!

Maybe, I will actually start cooking more now... Who knows, only time will tell! :)

xoxo-Jenna



Rabbit Round Two

Meet Rabbit #2- "JJ" or "Jazz"- Depending on who you ask....

Trevor named him JJ aka Jessie Junior... after Rabbit #1 that went to Rabbit Heaven but, Chase seems to think his name is Jazz...

 He is the CUTEST rabbit in the whole world!

He is SO nice and fluffy and I DIE over his floppy ears!

WE ALL LOVE HIM!

Mother's Day

Nothing says Mother's Day like a GIANT cupcake! :)

White Cake, Whipped Cream filling w/ Strawberries and Strawberry Frosting. Yum!

On Sunday my family came up to our new place and we had dinner and dessert and celebrated our mom!

My mom is the type of Mom that hates Mother's day, it's sad... I wish she could enjoy it more. I don't fully understand why she doesn't like but, I think it has to do with felling guilty??! I wish she didn't, she is a fantastic Mother! She has had to deal with a LOT of challenges in Motherhood and I think she has handled them to the BEST of her ability and should feel happy on Mother's day. I did my best to make her usual Mother's Day frown into a smile...I think we kind of succeeded...maybe?

My dad, bought her a nice gift

Mike, made dinner and I made dessert. We also gave her a card and gift.

Chase, Cleaned his room (big deal) and gave my mom a card.

Trevor, gave her a card that said "I hope everyone pees in the right place today" "Happy Mother's Day" Totally fitting...perfect! In the card he wrote something like... "Mom, I love you. You are the one I choose to help me with my sorrows. Thanks for letting me build the Man Cave (more on that later)" So sweet!

This year I had an other Mother, my Mother in Law to celebrate... but, sadly she is far away! :( We mailed her a nice card and talked to her on the phone though (wish we could of done more)!We also, got to talk to STEVE (Mike's missionary brother)!It was great... they conferenced us in on the call and it was really fun to hear from him!

I love both my MOM's and look up to both of them in SO many ways, different ways but, SO many ways!

It is SO wonderful to have multiple women as examples in my life...I have SO much to learn from them! I love and appreciate them more than they know!

I know motherhood isn't always easy but, I am SO looking forward to the day when I can be a mother too! Like, I Can't Wait!....

To all of you mothers out there, I hope you enjoyed your special day and ate cupcakes too! :) 

Love you!

-Jenna

Birthdays and Bunnies...

We are kinda of lame when it comes to picture taking...but, here are two pictues from Mike's Birthday!

(he loves making this face)

Birthday Morning!

His presents from me....

The birthday weekend went a little like this....

Friday night we went to Texas Roadhouse for a surprise B-day Dinner with his friends.

Lawrence, Kari, Richard, Jeff, Megan, the twin babies, Sophie, Brent, and Eden came!

It was a lot of fun catching up with everyone!

Edit***4/27/2011-I just got this picture from Richard! I think it is SO funny! He is obviously thrilled to be riding the birthday saddle!!! Ha!

Saturday we went a on date just the two of us. We went out to dinner and then to the Led Zeppelin Laser show at the Planetarium.

Sunday (his actual birthday) We opened presents, went to church, watched movies, made dinner and enjoyed some time just the two of us!

I will say...30 looks good on him! Ha! ;)

Next, Topic: Easter

Happy Easter Everyone!

For Easter we headed to my mom's house on Saturday and stayed the night so that the Easter bunny could come in the morning!

I am not quite sure how it happened but,....(My mom blames me but, she makes a lot of stuff up)

We all got a bunny for Easter!

FUN!

Trevor named him Jessie, he is cute! :)

Chase and Jessie

Mike and Jessie, Cutest Picutre Award!!!

 Bentley, Zak, Zoey, Trevor, and Jessie

The Dogs actually really like him... I was a little worried

Easter Nap, The dogs LOVE Mike! Haha...

Update... Jessie Passed away on Sunday in Trevor's arms!

It was really sad, he was sick!

He did have a really good last week of his life though...

Trevor took really good care of him and even built him a three story house.

I am sad that I didn't get a picture of them together!

Chase's reaction when we told him was, "That messed up, I liked that rabbit."

RIP-little buddy!

Oh, How could I forget. My mom filled my basket with Baby (boy and girl) stuff? What, does she know something I don't? Haha, she is crazy and has already started calling herself Grandma!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!!!

-Jenna

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday Day, Husband!

The festivities start today... I can't wait to celebrate ALL weekend!

You are SO special to me and I hope you feel special and loved on your birthday weekend!

(You are cute, I like you)

His actually Birthday is April 17th, Sunday

and 

April 18th is our 6 mo. marriage mark!

(6 months of marriage bliss)

Both are very exciting and deserve celebrating!

(don't know what happen to that pic)

Lots of Birthday kisses coming your way!

LOVE YOU!

-Jenna

Moving...

We are moving and it makes me SAD (and tired and sore)! I LOVE the house we live in, it is perfect and I don't want to leave it even though I knew we would have to eventually (we were renting, it was for sale, it sold, we have to leave). Mike lived in it with roommates, while we were dating... So, basically it is the house we dated in, feel in love in, and lived in for the first 6 months of our marriage! Thank you house for all memories... I will miss your BIG master bedroom, HUGE bathrooms, perfect layout, and awesome kitchen!

I don't why this is getting to me so much (maybe it's the lack of sleep due to packing...)? I know I am being really dramatic about it...I think I just needed to vent for one little post and then I will get over it... :)

The good part is I have an awesome husband and no matter where we live he is just as loving, sweet, kind, and patient! I am sure once we get everything unpacked it will feel a little more like home (I'll get used to)...

Okay, change the subject Jenna! Next Monday is our 6 months mark. Crazy how time flies... I have really loved being married to Mike and can't wait to see what the rest of our lives have in store for us! I really loved Elder Scott's talk at conference, I know a lot of you did too, it was very sweet! I loved how he taught valuable and important principles about marriage through simple and sweet examples from his own life and marriage. It meant a lot being newly married, I hope to follow in their footsteps!

Well, wish us luck with the rest of the move!

Palm Springs-Tram Ride

Wed. we all went to ride the Palm Springs tram. It goes from the desert floor to the tip top of the mountains. It was seriously steep! It was 89 degrees at the bottom and 50 with a foot of snow at the top! Palm trees on bottom, Pine trees on top. Kind of crazy and fun...until we all decided we left the snow for a reason! :)

The tram car was cool! It fit 80 passenger and rotated 360 degree while going up, great views!

These pics were taken on the top in the snow!!! We even had a snow ball throwing competition! Then we headed back and went straight to the pool! FUN!

Thursday was kind sad.... Mike's family ended up having to leave early, his dad had something come up at work. We helped them pack up and after they took off we went swimming and relaxed together the rest of the day...

Friday was SOO hot, like 102 degrees and we ended up going shopping and then to movie.

Too hot to be outside, hehe!

Saturday we went to the pool and then drove home to our snowy house in Draper!

(Grrr...Isn't it Spring?)

It was seriously the perfect trip!!!

We slept in, ate lots of food, got to hang out with Mike's fam, and the weather was awesome!

I am so thankful Mike's family let us tag along on their trip! 

I LOVE my in-laws, I feel very blessed and grateful to have them in my life.

They are wonderful examples of selfless love, they give SO much to everyone around them!

So, yesterday was my birthday... I am now 26. Crazy!!!!

XOXO-Jenna